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From: keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating)
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Subject: Floppy drives and differing formats
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Date: 10 Dec 90 07:17:27 GMT
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Why hasn't anyone come up with a floppy disk that can read and write in both
IBM and Macintosh (and Amiga, and ...) formats?  Is the hardware so different
that no one even wants to attempt it, or is it a matter of proprietory
hardware?

On the same note, why hasn't a 5.25 inch drive been created for the IBM that
can read and write in both 360K and 1.2M formats correctly?

It seems to me as if a drive that can do these things would be in high demand.

John